How to Use pronghorn in a Sentence
pronghorn
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This is the first day of Wolfe’s fifth year trying to run down a pronghorn.
— Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2020 -
Bighorn sheep, elk, moose, bears, mule deer, pronghorn, and bison thrive in the park.
— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2020 -
There, that shadow just beyond the ranch fence—pronghorn.
— Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022 -
The open space surrounding the lake is prime habitat for pronghorn.
— Mare Czinar, azcentral, 19 June 2018 -
Two of the Chisum Ranch’s many pronghorn dangled under the chopper like wind chimes.
— Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020 -
Wyoming is a great state for pronghorn, and has a number of outfitters to choose from.
— Jordan Budd, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020 -
There are and have always been predators that kill pronghorn fawns.
— Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023 -
He's used to keeping his distance from the bison, mule deer, pronghorns and bighorn sheep that call the park home.
— oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2019 -
The pronghorn survived bad droughts in the past, but in 2002, the species was on the brink of extinction in southern Arizona.
— azcentral, 28 Mar. 2018 -
By the first dawn of the new year, all the stars shine in the squeegeed sky over the ranch and the morning is pale blue and golden, and pronghorn run in wet wilted grass.
— Anna Badkhen, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022 -
That honor, of course, goes to the pronghorn, which can only reach 57 mph, but can sustain that speed for quite a distance.
— Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024 -
Mule deer, bighorn sheep, elk and pronghorn antelope have all been released in the preserve.
— San Antonio Express-News, 18 Oct. 2019 -
This pronghorn is headed for a new home at the Rocker b Ranch near San Angelo.
— Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 13 Feb. 2020 -
A hundred pronghorn sprinting through the trees like a cross-country team taking off at the starting line.
— Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022 -
The pronghorn on Cabeza Prieta are confined to an island of cactus, mesquite and creosote bush.
— Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014 -
This was rolling grasslands, with deer and pronghorn, and enormous skies with no hills or forests obstructing them.
— National Geographic, 12 Mar. 2017 -
The area is also home to plenty of wildlife, including bighorn sheep, pronghorn and, as the weather warms, rattlesnakes.
— Kae Lani Palmisano, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 -
Draper and Cowart also surrendered the trophy heads of the deer and pronghorn.
— Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2020 -
Oregon State Police who responded to the scene found five females and one male pronghorn.
— oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2020 -
Elk, mule deer and pronghorn can be seen on the property, and a local rancher is allowed to graze his cattle.
— Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2018 -
If there was a global mammal marathon, a pronghorn would probably win.
— Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024 -
There were lone coyotes and leaping pronghorn that flew across the land as the plains became sandstone bluffs that dropped into deep gorges of the curvy Missouri River.
— Andrew Evans, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018 -
The pronghorn would have overlapped with many predators in its temperate and arid grassland habitat.
— Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023 -
Officials say ranchland adds elk, bighorn sheep, mule deer, pronghorn and prairie dogs to the conservation area.
— USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2019 -
Riis spent about a decade tracking, in photos, the migrations of elk, mule deer and pronghorn across the Yellowstone region.
— Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017 -
Portions of migration corridors and areas used by elk, mule deer and pronghorns in the winter is up for oil and gas leasing.
— Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2019 -
Twelve years ago, the U.S. population of Sonoran pronghorn fell to just 21 animals.
— Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2014 -
Like human marathoners, pronghorn have limited stores of fat.
— Rachel Nowak, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 -
Most immediate is the prospect of 3,500 new gas wells planned on federal land at the southern end of the pronghorn’s migratory path.
— Jim Robbins, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018 -
The American pronghorn is a hoofed mammal native to North America.
— Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2023
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